![The Tar River spinymussel is one of only three freshwater spined mussels in the U.S. and only found in North Carolina.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130316141601im_/http://www.fws.gov/endangered/images/3-Tar-River-spinymussels-Ch.jpg)
The Tar River spinymussel is one of only three freshwater spined mussels in the U.S. and only found in North Carolina.
Chris Eads
March 14, 2013
As part the Service’s commemoration of the Endangered Species Act’s 40th Anniversary, each week a different state and their unique story features our continued success in recovering threatened and endangered species. This week, learn about a team of partners in this video who are working to recover some of North Carolina’s rarest native freshwater mussels, including the endangered Appalachian elktoe mussel and Tar River spinymussel.